Kial vs Samuel

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Kial McDonald

2:09:15 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
2643rd of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Samuel Hewitt

2:08:55 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
2641st of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more

Kial: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Samuel: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
KialSamueledge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Kial and Samuel sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Kial: strongest on Carry (faster than 65% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 1%).Samuel: strongest on Carry (faster than 11% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 0%).

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Part Kial: faster than Samuel: faster than
Ski 14% 9%
Push 5% 4%
Pull 45% 3%
BBJ 25% 3%
Row 60% 7%
Carry 65% 11%
Lunges 44% 2%
Wall balls 23% 4%
Roxzone 4% 0%
Runs 1% 10%

Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.

Part by part

Part Kial Samuel
SkiErg 14% 9%
Sled push 5% 4%
Sled pull 45% 3%
Burpee broad jump 25% 3%
Row 60% 7%
Farmers carry 65% 11%
Sandbag lunges 44% 2%
Wall balls 23% 4%
Roxzone (moving) 4% 0%
Runs (8 km) 1% 10%

The share of their own field each athlete beat on that segment, at the race named on the left. Higher is better; green marks the better of the two. A dash means no split was published.

Those races as one bar each

Kial · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men2:09:15
7:124:597:114:4311:314:3111:147:1711:304:449:182:297:505:1211:578:548:47
Samuel · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men2:08:55
6:115:066:244:516:527:336:3511:166:265:386:473:485:5510:088:0013:3413:54
RunsStationsRoxzone (moving between stations)

This chart draws the race in order, left to right: each 1 km run (blue), each station (yellow) and the roxzone (grey), sized by its time.Kial · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 1:17:43 running, 42:49 at the stations and 8:47 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:54).Below, Samuel · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 53:10 running, 1:01:54 at the stations and 13:54 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (13:34).

See the numbers
Part Kial · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Samuel · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 7:12 6:11
SkiErg 4:59 5:06
Run 2 7:11 6:24
Sled push 4:43 4:51
Run 3 11:31 6:52
Sled pull 4:31 7:33
Run 4 11:14 6:35
Burpee broad jump 7:17 11:16
Run 5 11:30 6:26
Row 4:44 5:38
Run 6 9:18 6:47
Farmers carry 2:29 3:48
Run 7 7:50 5:55
Sandbag lunges 5:12 10:08
Run 8 11:57 8:00
Wall balls 8:54 13:34
Roxzone 8:47 13:54
Finish 2:09:15 2:08:55

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Kial Samuel Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 2:09:15 2:08:55 0:20 · Samuel faster
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